making their own moves. a tumultuous year in rugby union began with the six nations. murrayfield in february a chilling prospect. and scotland spring to life! rugby to warm scottish hearts. a victory over the old enemy. and murrayfield erupts in celebration! fireworks too, in cardiff. astonishingly, the celebrations were italian. what a moment of brilliance! what a try! after seven years without a win in the tournament, it was just a little overdue. and that s what it means for the italians! although just a side show. the long wait for a title will end tonight in paris. ..france, were this year s headline act. and it s antoine dupont for the try! france are crowned six nations champions again. england s women had their eyes on a rather larger prize a world cup to come this year. still, this was a perfect warm up. england are the grand slam champions. warming up in beijing? well, perhaps not everyone, but this was about the snow and the ice. welcome to the olympic winter g
a nightclub in birmingham on monday. one man was arrested in birmingham, the other in london. you are watching bbc news. now on bbc news, it s time for review 2022. and it s been a big year with a bit of everything for sports fans from france s win at the rugby six nations to lionel messi lifting the world cup with argentina. here in the uk, england s women won football s european championship and birmingham hosted the commonwealth games. adam wild looks back now on the year in sport. even before 2022 began, this looked an extraordinary year. a sporting calendar still catching up, rebuilt and rescheduled after being ravaged by covid. but as the new year began, the australian open reopened the debate. he shouldn t be allowed to come. it s his choice not to be vaccinated, which is fine. and it s, ithink, the government here has made the choice that, you know, you should be vaccinated. i support the freedom of choice. and nowak is the symbol of freedom of choice at this particu
welcomed and then deported. a row in the background, a racket in the foreground. one case in court, other players eventually on court. rafa nadal and ash barty both making their own moves. a tumultuous year in rugby union began with the six nations at murrayfield in february. a chilling prospect. and scotland spring to life! rugby to warm scottish hearts. a victory over the old enemy. and murrayfield erupts in celebration! fireworks too in cardiff. astonishingly, the celebrations were italian. what a moment of brilliance! what a try! after seven years without a win in the tournament, it was just a little overdue. and that s what it means for the italians! although just a side show. the long wait for the title will end tonight in paris. france, with this year s headline act. and it s antoine dupont for the try! france are crowned six nations champions again. england s women had their eyes on a rather larger prize, a world cup to come this year. still, this was a perfect warm u
finding countries willing to stage the event has become increasingly problematic, as our sports editor, dan roan, now explains. the commonwealth games champions! just 12 months ago, birmingham hosted one of the most successful and memorable commonwealth games in history, one that many hoped would reinvigorate the event and sustain its relevance. the closing ceremony ended with the official handover to the australian state of victoria. but today came a shock withdrawal, the next hosts saying it was simply too expensive. look, i ve made a lot of difficult calls, a lot of very difficult decisions in thisjob this is not one of them. frankly, $6 7 billion for a 12 day sporting event, we are not doing that. that does not represent value for money. that is all cost and no benefit. it s a clean start, it s a good jump. he s in the lead! with victoria only confirmed last year after officials struggled to find a host for 2026, its surprise pull out throws
primary schools is causing some concern. it has been a bumper year for gigs and cultures in london with millions attending and billions being spent. the future of the commonwealth games has been thrown into doubt after the australian state of victoria announced it was pulling out of hosting the games in 2026. they say costs have tripled and they can t afford to stage the event. the commonwealth games federation said they were hugely disappointed by the decision. as our sports editor, dan roan reports, finding countries willing to stage the games is becoming increasingly problematic. the commonwealth games champions! just 12 months ago, birmingham hosted one of the most successful and memorable commonwealth games in history, one that many hoped would reinvigorate the event and sustain its relevance. the closing ceremony ended with the official handover to the australian state of victoria. but today came a shock withdrawal, the next hosts saying it was simply too expensive.